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  The Monteverde Cloud Forest
 
2005-11-22

The morning of our third day (Tuesday) dawned cool (well, 23C / 75F) and cloudy, but we still decided to go check out the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, famed for its animals, birds, and flora. Who knows, maybe we could see a sloth or two, a panther, or even an ocelot!

Alas, the bad weather (which deteriorated constantly) meant that most of the animals wisely spent their days hiding and sleeping. We still, however, had an awesome walk through the park.

By the end of the day, it was howling out, and the town lost power for the better part of the evening. We had a casual dinner at a good restaurant and enjoyed a lovely evening by the candlelight.

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¡viva la costa samantha rica!
It's a very tropically rainy foresty place!
The trails are well groomed, so it's a comfortable walk.
We did manage to see a few very cool birds today, but not nearly as many as one would on a sunny day.
We were up in the clouds at this point, and visibility was pretty poor outside of the trees.
Oooh, cool waterfalls.
Cool ferny canopy like things.
We couldn't decide if we were hot or cold.
There is another trail on that ridge over there, and there is actually a person standing over there. Kind of hard to see.
Group photo at the top of the mountain!
We couldn't decide if this hummingbird was a show-off or was just unable to fly in the howling winds (which can approach 150kph on some days).
Back in the forest, there's a cool suspension bridge to show you how different things are at the top of the trees.
We just called it the Golden Gate Bridge .... we need help.
Apparantly the trees have to worry about it being too hot up here, so they have completely different water acquisition strategies.
Bird of Paradise!
Hey, it's a pizote!
There's a little hummingbird garden up here too. There are hundreds of them flying around.
Evening candlelight reading.
 
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